... Lots of jellyfish, all sort of star-fish and schools of small salmon and other fishies. Back in town we roamed the small town of Ketchikan and had a small lunch at the Fish Shop. We shared a 4 way preparation of Salmon and some fish cakes, very tasty. On ...

There is something romantic about going to Alaska, and it has nothing to do with a cruise (which I did not take anyway). Be it gold and riches in the past, or the grandeur and power of nature and wildlife today, the lure of the Final Frontier remains ...

After coming onto shore i headed for the meeting point, again the excursion ticket was exchanged for a bus ride, on getting on the bus there were quite a few people so i expected it to be a big excursion. It was a short journey to the site where we were ...

... note she was good, but this was her first day doing the tour and it showed. But she was nice and it wasn't a problem. Ketchikan is mostly famous for being a fishing village and for its Totems. It is the Salmon capital of the world, so finding ...

... at our leisure as we had no where to be or go, no time to be anywhere, the floating hotel was on it's way to Ketchikan. We sat back and watched the world go by, read our books (I finished Russell Brands autobiography… very interesting read, he was ...

Day 4 Tuesday 21/09 Ketchikan Woke very early and opened curtains to sea street lights and a HAL ship. Too dark to see where we are. Dozed off and next thing there are people outside our window on the dock! Head up for some brekkie and it's a bit ...

... we found Creek Street. Creek Street is a wooden boardwalk named one of the country’s top ten by the UnitedStates and houses beautiful traditional art and curios. Reminded us of Morpeth or Montville. Creek street has an interesting history ...

... on t-shirts and souvenirs. In one store, we saved around $100. Now I sit writing this on my balcony, watching life in Ketchikan. Except for the scenery and homes, not much is different than back home. Brian is coming up and we're heading ...

... shopping and then we jumped off the cruise ship and onto a bus to take us out to the starting location for our Ketchikan adventure. Today we were driving four wheel drive jeeps out through the national park to a beautiful little lake from which we would ...

... were 4 cruise ships in port including us so we decided to get off the boat as quickly as possible to avoid the hoards. Ketchikan is known as the 'Salmon Capital of the World' and has an economy based on salmon fishing and tourism. It is situated along ...

... the lounge as the sun came out and it was so warm. Time for lunch and once again exceptional. At approximately 2.00pm we docked in Ketchikan, it is quite big has a huge port lots of seaplanes it is Alaska's biggest Salmon area it has 7 canneries, also has ...

... on "the Duck", a vehicle that can drive around town and then go straight down into the water for a look around from the water side. Ketchikan has rain on 300 days of the year being 12.5 ft a year (200 plus inches). So naturally it was misty too start with ...

What a great and beautiful day we had in Ketchikan....the sun was shining and the city sparkled. Having been to Ketchikan before, it was sunny that day also, we chose to take a tour that gave us a little glipse of the countryside. Despite ...

... today was going to be a long flight along the coast of Alaska to Anchorage so we wanted to do some exploring beforehand. Ketchikan had already surprised us the evening before, and we were particularly intrigued by the number of fish we saw in its ...

... ; ….and speaking of cruise ships, the "Radiance of the Sea" (Norwegian Cruise liner) was docked in Ketchikan and you could most definitely pick out the tourist in town. Not only could pick out the tourists, but you ...

Warning: This is a long drawn out story. You have been warned!
Today, we sailed in to Ketchikan. It looked beautiful from the ship, and I posted the pictures I took. We did not really spend time in the town because we had planned to ...

... start (5:30am!) we disembarked the ship to meet up with our guide for our first shore excursion, kayaking through the fjords of Ketchikan. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining, there was no wind allowing the water to be as smooth as glass. We ...

... Some explanation... have you not worked out the warped functions of my mind yet?? The local 'First Nation people of the Ketchikan region are the Tlingits - pronounced Clingit.. Get the connection yet??? Awww... just ignore it then and read the rest... ...

... It continued to rain for the next 12 hours without letting up. All the wetness made for a lazy day in Ketchikan. We sat around and enjoyed a slow morning with coffee and reading. Needing to occupy ourselves with indoor activities ...

... leave the kayak in a slip overnight, so we head across the channel to set up camp for the night. Day 22 (April 29th): In Ketchikan, running the usual errands today! So far we took our second shower (an outrageous $5.00 for 10 minutes) of the trip, and ...

The Mountfords went Kamikaze in Ketchikan!
The highlight of Alaska for us was the floatplane adventure we took with our personal pilot Dave, today in Ketchikan.
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... to Annabelle's for lunch. It was a place he would come with other shipmates. We were lucky with the weather. Ketchikan is known for its rain and can have an average of 153 inches a year. We enjoyed slightly overcast skies and ...

... where Creek Street is built on stilts over the water. Creek Street is the old red light district from the days when Ketchikan was a prospecting town. Now, all the old brothels are smart restaurants, art studios, or tourist junk shops – ...